I have to say -without wishing to offend anyone who works on that site - i find it rich that they sound the alarm bell about soon to be gone jedi wave,then just a few posts down theres an indulgent (parr for the course in this hobby i supose.) article about how they can't stop army building pig guards!

Things look bleak for us in the UK the wave is Pre-Pre sold out without any of it hitting retail. There is an exclusive deal with T R us over here ...but wether Hasbro USA has alloted stock for that -Feck Knows!

Here's my take...TRU breaks the street date in Aug with TVC. They sell really well becasue we all want new figs, despite price. TRU orders more of the TVC. However, it's still so early in the game that when the orders are filled, they are still all the ESB wave. While they may have many more waves on order, and that includes ROTJ, they can't get them to the stores because the computers see the pegs as full.

Here's my take...TRU breaks the street date in Aug with TVC. They sell really well becasue we all want new figs, despite price. TRU orders more of the TVC. However, it's still so early in the game that when the orders are filled, they are still all the ESB wave. While they may have many more waves on order, and that includes ROTJ, they can't get them to the stores because the computers see the pegs as full.

He's a very strong figure. While the skirt is very poofy, if you don't want to cut it, it can be turned around with the shorter part in front.

However...I am sick of removable helmets. It was never something I ever wanted in my figs and I hate them. Why? Because they just fall off! Sure, if there's chin strap or a tight fit, I'll go for it, but this guy's helmet is just placed on. Crazy glue here I come again...(Don't get me started about Cad Bane...)

However...I am sick of removable helmets. It was never something I ever wanted in my figs and I hate them. Why? Because they just fall off! Sure, if there's chin strap or a tight fit, I'll go for it, but this guy's helmet is just placed on. Crazy glue here I come again...(Don't get me started about Cad Bane...)

I was sort of thinking the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I think removable helmets are cool and a neat feature, but that is the one drawback to the GG to me, his helmet falls off way too easily. It would be even more frustrating for a kid, who actually plays with these things. You know that would be getting lost awfully quick. I've noticed that with more of the removable helmet type things lately, they seem to fall off a little too easily - at least the non-trooper ones.

Guys, do not mind this post, it's meant for Dressel Rebel. I was modding some of my troops and merged Major Panno with the new Rebel Commando. I was thinking it's something he may dig. Here is the result of a simple pop and swap:

Awesome! This is a really good idea to change up the ranks a little bit.

I'm not particularly bothered by it, but I could see them changing the sculpts to improve them as well. Maybe enlarging them slightly would help. The Phase 2, or 1, or whatever the first style helmet from AOTC is, looks fine to me though. The ROTS style helmet is the one that generally doesn't look good.

Yeah, it's primarily the basic ROTS removable helmets and the Stormtrooper removable helmets that have had issues in terms of appearance.

I'd be happier if they just left them alone and didn't make them removable or made it to where they came with an alternate head, like on the first Clone Wars Kenobi that is still in circulation to this day.

I picked up the Bar-2 last night and I have to say I'm underwhelmed. I don't like how the sensorscope piece fits in. Basically, you cannot have it in the lowered position without the center leg being out.

Logged

Peacekeeper, when it absolutely, positively has to be nuked in 30 minutes or less. Or the next nuke's free!

**credit for the head swap in the last pic goes to Toonimator from rebelscum.com I read it in a post of his and thought it was a pretty cool idea. Note the head is just resting on the ball joint, it does not fit - the socket is way too big.

No offensive to its fans, but it's probably the most overrated Star Wars figure of the year.

-Ball jointed shoulders with 90% of their ball-movement restricted. Ummm...why'd they bother? I know they are capable of having shoulder armor and allowing some ball-socket shoulder movement, they've done it before. With GG you have to force it, risking paint rubs and loose joints. Not cool.-Swivel hips that can't really swivel. If they are hidden by the skirt, why the heck did they restrict them? This is a STEP BACKWARDS from both previous 3 3/4" versions of the character. It reduces the benefits of the knees and ankles, too.-The helmet that falls off constantly. -The skirt mess.

That said, it's not a bad figure. The three weapons are nice. The sculpting is good (except where it restricts movement). And at least he doesn't have a goatee. It's just a few bad calls by Hasbro that kept GG from being truly great.

I probably won't be picking up another one, unless there's a good sale or I actually get the new Jabba the Hutt (Fat chance...ha...of that, as the only Wal-Mart here that carried him, sold out.), and want to round out his court.

Scockery, I'll keep an eye out for Jabba for you. There had been some lingering here for a while that came in the second shipment. Not sure if they're still floating about or not.

And I don't know that I'd be so harsh on the GG, but he's not flawless, and I do think the "overrated" applies in some ways (sorry Dressel). He's a great figure to me, but flawed in some ways too, and I'd still gladly put VTSC IG-88, VOTC/EB Chewie, and others a notch above. I think I like him better than you do though, Scockery.

But I think the gushing over him is deserved in one way, but in another way I think we've seen as good or better in the line before. Even some characters that mean something more to me would place higher in my scale of how much I like them over the GG, though I'm 100% positive I'd be in the minority too, haha. But I do think there are figures that could easily be argued as superior to the Gammie.